Yep it’s an opening night selfie from onstage. There’s an audience sitting just out of shot. We are supposed to do it, honest! As a passerby on Waterloo Bridge, Director Mark Thomson commenting on the rise of filming terrible events as a first reaction. This scene is when Freya is about to jump off and the passerbys film what’s going …
The Rumblings of Earthquakes
Earthquakes rehearsals started today. I’ve got the usual jitters of starting rehearsals. It’s like eating loads of chocolate the night before and not being able to sleep, kind of Christmas Day excitement. This is a complicated show! There’s something like seventy characters and most of us are swapping and changing all over the place. Not only that, there’s loads of …
The entire cast do McHugh’s inspired mix of salty-saucy humours proud
Mary Brennan, Scotland HeraldKidnapped
I have finished working on Kidnapped with Graham McLaren, a exploratory harness flying show. It has been a rollercoaster of an experience. Not least, the twice daily workouts, warm-ups and stretching sessions, and then somehow creating a high-octane show full of stunts and spectacle. I have more muscle than usual, and far more physicality than I would usually have. It’s …
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
So I’ve just finished A Midsummer Night’s Dream at the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and had a wonderful time playing Snug the Joiner, who dresses up as a Lion for a little play within the play. This costume was designed and made by the exceptional Kirstin Rogers, who was the designer for the show. It was directed by Ali Da …
The Country Wife
Tonight marks the end of The Country Wife, a Restoration comedy which Director James Robert Carson carefully updated. It has been a wonderful experience to work with the 2015 Graduating Company, and I have enjoyed the production immensely. You can see me above in my costume above, along with members of the cast. The show has been very successful, with …